"We've got great sun here. The land's cheap. The land's flat. And there's a lot of Georgia Power substations. All of this energy will be put back on the grid. All of it sold back to Georgia Power to be used by all of Georgia Power's customers throughout the state,” said Echols.

The St. Mary's installation cost $75 million to build yet there will be no subsidies added to Georgia Power customer bills.

Georgia now ranks fourth in the nation when it comes to the amount of power produced by solar energy.